France's far-right National Front (FN) leader Marine Le Pen poses in front of a poster for her 2017 French presidential election campaign as she inaugurates her party campaign headquarters "L'Escale" in Paris, France, November 16, 2016.
Reuters/Charles Platiau
Good morning! Here's what you need to know in markets on Thursday.

7. Asian markets are mixed. At 6.45 a.m BST (1.45 a.m. ET) Japan's Nikkei was down 0.57% — largely due to a spike in the value of the yen against the dollar — and the Topix was down 0.6%. Meanwhile the Hong Kong Hang Seng was up 0.17% at the same time, and China's Shanghai Composite was also up by 0.17%.